This dissertation is a contribution to the rich historiography of France’s foreign policy in the 1930s. Its aim is to explore the specific role played by France’s general staffs in shaping foreign policy, drawing largely on sources that have recently come to light. Employing a combination of structu...

Victor Bérard the Armenophile and Hellenophile. The political meaning of a Mediterranean friendshipFrom 1895 Bérard, who had completed his thesis on returning to Paris after the French School at Athens to teach ancient geography at the Ecole pratique des hautes études and historical and contemporary...

This dissertation illustrates to what extent the use of secret agents allows London to conceal her weaknesses more specifically in her conflicts with Scotland and Ireland. In fact, Scottish and Irish rebel movements question the very founding of the United Kingdom when they want to repel their acts...

Between 1919-1939/40, France was caught in a tricky game towards Albania: it recognized the primacy of the Italian political and economic interests in Albania but, at the same time, France was aware that ail this might endanger the Albanian independence. The interest of France in Albania was the mai...

Between 1919-1939/40, France was caught in a tricky game towards Albania: it recognized the primacy of the Italian political and economic interests in Albania but, at the same time, France was aware that ail this might endanger the Albanian independence. The interest of France in Albania was the mai...

Chantilly, 6-8 December 1915: the Great War beats to a new rhythm. The December 1915 Chantilly conference appeared to give up its secrets long ago. Yet there is a case to be made for a fresh reading of this gathering. A military perspective alone is insufficient to account for the conference’s manif...